Chapter 384: The Story of the King

Li Yingqi went missing during that Collapse Night in Cuizhu City, disappearing in order to contain the Daughter of Gluttony.

Afterward, Yu Lianyun also unilaterally sought out Xin Junmao; the reason for seeking Xin Junmao was to make contact with the Miss Zhao behind him, that Avatar of the Daughter of Gluttony.

According to what Miss Zhao said, she had indeed intended to devour Li Yingqi at the time, but for some reason, after digesting halfway, she truly couldn't absorb any more, so she spat her back out and didn't pay any more attention to it; she vaguely remembered that when she spat her out, that mass of mutated flesh and bone still had a bit of vital life force, but she didn't know what became of it afterward.

Yu Lianyun suppressed the impulse to fight Miss Zhao to the death, and left after hearing the news.

Later, although both the World Public Opinion Bureau and the Xuanmi Group returned to Cuizhu City to clean up the ruins, in the area of the Daughter of Gluttony's underground palace, they never once discovered any remains similar to what Miss Zhao described.

Li Yingqi was considered to have gone missing mysteriously.

It was just that hearing the story of Jingwei filling the sea recounted by Li Yuning this day made Yu Lianyun's thoughts active once more; she couldn't help but speculate, could it be that there was still a change in Li Yingqi's situation?

The more Yu Lianyun thought, the more certain she became, yet no matter what, she could not fathom the mystery within the story of Jingwei filling the sea, what kind of relationship this story actually had with Li Yingqi, and what kind of connection existed between Li Yingqi's ending and the ending of Jingwei, this daughter of a human god.

Lin Laoban never shot an arrow without a target; every sentence had a deep meaning, and his deep meaning was actually often only discovered in the end—the answer to the riddle was in the riddle itself, but until that final moment, one could never figure out how the two could have such a connection, that what Lin Laoban wanted to express was actually such a meaning.

Yu Lianyun did want to ask Lin Laoban, but at the moment she had other tasks to perform, and for the time being, she could not spare the energy to focus on other matters.

Everything would wait until after finding Dr. Clark, who was coming over from the New York region, and freeing up time, to then ask Lin Laoban for a clear explanation.

Having made up her mind, Yu Lianyun left the Forest Cabin and stepped onto a journey with no return.

Later, news of Yu Lianyun's death arrived, and Li Yuning never saw Yu Lianyun come to the shop again.

Li Yuning felt deep regret over this; she greatly admired such an intellectual, beautiful, brave, and resolute woman as Yu Lianyun, and added to that, the profession Yu Lianyun engaged in—an Investigator who often dealt with Abnormal things—was her ideal career; she very much hoped to have more interaction with Yu Lianyun and hear more fantastic and bizarre adventure experiences from her.

Living daily in a world of the Abnormal, keeping company with Abnormal things, Li Yuning's cognition was twisted; she did not think those things that required risking one's life were dangerous, but instead thought it was a kind of pleasure, and being able to frequently come into contact with those Abnormal things was a piece of luck she yearned for.

However, the sadness and regret in Li Yuning's heart did not last long, because she discovered that the shop soon welcomed a new guest, who was also a professional Investigator like Yu Lianyun, and moreover, had a fairly intimate relationship with Yu Lianyun.

That was Yu Lianyun's guide, and also Yu Lianyun's former superior, He Jia'an.

When He Jia'an first came to the shop, his emotions were somewhat chaotic; after all, his mental state was very poor, and Li Yuning did not make contact with him the first time she saw him, thinking she could wait for an opportunity later to go up and strike up a conversation.

Once she became friends with He Jia'an as well, she would definitely be able to learn more interesting things from him.

"Little Yuning, your father doesn't need to stand guard tonight, you go back and rest too." Just as Li Yuning was fantasizing about what thrilling adventure stories He Jia'an might tell her in the future, Lin Ling spoke up while sitting in his chair.

Li Yuning's main trait was rebellion; she didn't leave, and instead directly clung to Lin Ling's side again: "Brother Laoban, you haven't told me tonight's story yet, we agreed on it."

"That was you unilaterally agreeing on it." Lin Ling glanced at her, watching this young girl push the cat in his arms out a little, make a bit of space, and lie down on it herself.

Lin Ling did not stop her, and watching the expectant gaze she cast his way, he spoke softly and gently, telling today's story:

A long time ago, there was a war between many nations, the world situation was chaotic, and the people were living in misery.

There was one nation, named Great Chu, located at the center of the chaotic situation, the times were worrying, and the sovereign of Great Chu, that is, the King of Great Chu, was exhausted and miserable every day over the matters of saving the nation and resisting the war.

One day, a subordinate official remonstrated, saying he heard that there was a skilled craftsman in their own country who excelled at training troops and casting iron, and the weapons he created could be called divine weapons and sharp implements; the sharp weapons could shave hair like mud, and the blunt weapons could destroy anything like dry wood, incredibly powerful. If the King of Great Chu could invite this divine craftsman to come out of seclusion and cast three thousand weapons for the soldiers of Great Chu, then it would certainly alleviate battle losses to a certain extent; and if he forged thirty thousand sets of armor and weapons, and distributed them to capable soldiers and fierce generals, it would certainly turn around the situation of Great Chu; and if he let the divine craftsman refine unique divine weapons, our King would certainly be able to lead our Great Chu to crusade against the various nations and heroes, and unify the world.

The King of Great Chu was very excited upon hearing this, and he immediately dispatched people to go down among the populace to inquire about the whereabouts of the divine craftsman.

Not long after, the palace of the King of Great Chu welcomed an unremarkable divine craftsman.

The divine craftsman respectfully asked the King of Great Chu before the palace what kind of weapons he needed, and he would do his best to satisfy the King.

But the King of Great Chu, having heard that the divine craftsman had the ability to refine divine weapons that day, had long since cast the option of casting three thousand weapons and refining thirty thousand sets of armor mentioned by the official that day to the back of his mind; he was single-mindedly thinking of the other party refining divine weapons that could allow him to unify the world, and then achieving a true unification of the world, so the King of Great Chu immediately stated his own thoughts.

The divine craftsman heard this, was silent for a long while, and told the King of Great Chu that it would take five years to refine the divine weapon he wanted that could unify the world.

The King of Great Chu was suddenly enraged upon hearing the five-year time frame, slapped his throne and stood up in shock, and shouted that it wouldn't do, five years was too long, three years at most.

The divine craftsman also had a heart to save the nation and love the country; he tried to persuade the King of Great Chu to choose to lower the grade and forge weapons for the Great Chu army. The armor and weapons forged by him, even if they were of ordinary grade, could exert extraordinary combat power when worn by ordinary soldiers; three years was enough for him to forge fifty thousand sets of armor and weapons.

However, the King of Great Chu wanted to build his career directly and would not listen to persuasion; he only wanted that one set of divine weapons.

The divine craftsman was helpless and indicated he would do his best.

Once the three-year period arrived, the divine craftsman arrived as promised, delivered the divine weapon he had forged to the King of Great Chu, and reported to the King of Great Chu that this was the divine weapon he had forged.

Constantly troubled by the war during these three years, with national strength declining and the appearance of a building about to collapse, the King of Great Chu had long since been unable to wait; he jumped down from the palace hall and took that divine sword that had been forged from the hands of the divine craftsman.

"How do I use it?" the King of Great Chu asked.

The divine craftsman replied: "Actually, there is one final step missing before the sword can be completed."

The King of Great Chu was furious in his heart, but for the sake of the divine sword, he still suppressed his anger and hurriedly asked: "What step is missing?"

The divine craftsman asked to be granted the sword, and then suddenly stabbed the King of Chu to death with one strike.

And then the divine weapon was perfected, and the descendants of the King of Great Chu recovered the territory and unified the world.